Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i7-4710MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4710MQ performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4710MQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.